Vote Mil for Change!

Day 5,888, 09:14 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by Mr Woldy


Citizens!

Welcome back after the Xmas break. I sincerely hope you’ve had a great festive period, no matter who you are, and you got at least one thing from your Christmas list. My mince pie count was very low this year as I have been going through a house move, boo! Most boxes are now unpacked (...more or less) and so my attention begins to creep back to eRepublik!

January is starting off on a series of positive notes - Citoyen Vigneron has been elected speaker, and Militarista is running for CP. Both are level headed and neither are considered (to my knowledge!) to be polarising individuals. These are exactly the kind of candidates the eUK needs more of so I hope they do well and that more players come forth to run for such positions.

Social cohesion in the eUK as a whole remains low, with handfuls of people preferring to shout sheep or traitor than engage in serious dialogue. Hopefully newer faces coming through can push us back towards a zeitgeist that sees players as individuals and considers ideas on merit, rather than one which sees only petty rivalries.

That is in part why I strongly urge anyone reading this to vote for Militarista on friday. Hopefully he can be considered on his merits, and strikes me as someone who can meet the demand for leadership and fairness currently felt by many across the eUK. I have little doubt he will attract a competent cabinet, and most of all he is exactly the sort of player we should be encouraging to rise through politics!

Yuletide Thanks

I want to extend a thank you to everyone who sent me a gift pack over the last few weeks! I was drowning in them, and couldn’t find the time to thank people individually. So have a massive group thanks here to all those across the eUK and eGlobe who took the time to gift me!

In the spirit of giving back anyone who comments here will get some food from me, but I wasn’t paying attention to my companies over xmas so it might take a few days whilst Mr Woldy’s exceedingly good cakes turns the pastry pounding machine back on.


Mr Woldy takes his xmas gifts back to poundland, receipt at the ready.

Thanks for reading!
Mr Woldy

(And if you have any tips about resealing a shower, send them my way).



Christmas In the Workhouse, by Ronnie barker

It was Christmas Day in the workhouse,
The merriest day of the year,
The paupers and the prisoners
Were all assembled there.


In came the Christmas pudding,
When a voice that shattered glass
Said, "We don't want your Christmas pudding,
So stick it there with the rest of the unwanted presents".


The workhouse master then arose
And prepared to carve the duck.
He said, "Who wants the parson's nose?"
And the prisoners shouted, "You have it yourself, sir!”


The vicar brought his bible
And read out little bits.
Said one old crone at the back of the hall,
This man gets on very well with everybody.


The master rose to make a speech,
But just before he started,
The mistress who was fifteen stone,
Gave three loud cheers and nearly choked herself.


And all the paupers then began
To pull their Christmas crackers.
One pauper held his too low down
And blew off both his paper hat and the man's next to him.


The mistress, dishing out the food,
Dropped custard down her front.
She cried,"Aren't I a silly girl?"
And they answered, "You're a perfect picture as alway's ma'am!"


So then they all began to sing
Which shook the workhouse walls.
"Merry Christmas!" cried the master
And the inmates shouted; "Best of luck to you as well sir!?”